BLD FLASH 9543
SOURCE MATERIAL DATED: 10/95
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                 N_UP PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF OVERLAPPING PAGES
 
 With  enhanced N_UP, available on the AFCCU printers, it is possible to place
 pages at any position on the sheet.  However if pages are placed so that they
 overlap other pages on the sheet, printer throughput  will  be  significantly
 degraded.    This  is  because the printer must apply special handling to the
 overlapping pages, whether or not there is any data in the area of the  pages
 that  overlap.    Please  advise  your customers using enhanced N_UP with the
 PLACE subcommand to avoid overlapping pages.
 
 Here are two examples of overlapping pages.
 
   EXAMPLE 1:
     N_UP 2
      PLACE 1 FRONT OFFSET 0    0        /* page 1 */
      PLACE 1 FRONT OFFSET 1 IN 0        /* page 2 */  ;
 
 If page 1 is more than 1 inch wide, it will overlap onto page  2,  which  had
 been placed in the same partition just 1 " to the right of page 1.
 
   EXAMPLE 2:
    FORMDEF USERS
    PRESENT PORTRAIT DIRECTION ACROSS
    N_UP 2
      PLACE 1 FRONT OFFSET 0    0        /* page 1 */
      PLACE 2 FRONT OFFSET 0    0        /* page 2 */  ;
 
 Since  pages are placed in 2 different partitions, you must know the relation
 of the partitions to determine if the pages will overlap.   In this  example,
 if  printing on 17" wide paper, Partition 2 is 8.5" to the right of partition
 1.  Therefore if Page 1 is more than 8.5" wide, it will  overlap  page  2  in
 Partition 2.
 
 Note that if basic N_UP had been used (with no PLACE subcommand), there would
 be no overlap regardless of page size.  With basic N_UP the page is truncated
 at the partition boundaries.  Only the PLACE subcommand allows you to overlap
 N_UP pages,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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